Platial is a Portland-based social-networking mapping site that, while rough around the edges, shows some intriguing possibilities in amongst the Real Estate 2.0 crowd.
At it's heart, Platial is a site that allows its users to share interesting locations on a map - much like you would draw out a map to your neighborhood on a [...]
As the Internet Grows Up, the News Industry Is Forever Changed
The news media's advantage in advertising is that it's a mass medium, but online users may gravitate to online-only sites for autos, real estate or jobs. Craigslist, Monster or eBay, among others, offer free listings or make comparison shopping much easier.
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Back to more regular blogging today. I hope to resurrect the Real Estate 2.0 Market Leader interviews again in the future, as more sites catch my eye.
I’ve mentioned before how I think Google, with its incredibly powerful Google Earth software, is rapidly developing a complete virtual representation of our offline world. I believe developments like [...]
Propsmart.com is the outsider in the Real Estate 2.0 space. No VC funding, no flashy advertising or high-brow PR efforts - but yet they continue to win awards and recognition of their technology. I really like their gameplan, which is to focus squarely on building a great product. (I also like a company with a [...]
I may have been a little harsh on Trulia in the past, criticizing their logo for one thing, but the truth is they are one of the companies I am most excited about in the real estate 2.0 space. I really like their clean, simple design and their embrace of RSS in their searches. Now, [...]
As I’ve said before, I think Zillow is the 800lb. gorilla in the Real Estate 2.0 space right now. Certainly no other site in recent memory has gone live and generated as much controversy (and media attention) as they have. A quick look at their Google trend chart shows how completely they dominate the mindshare [...]
In the first of our series of interviews with Real Estate 2.0 market leaders, I spoke with Eric Heller, Director of Marketing for Redfin.com
Redfin started as a pure tech play but has morphed itself of late into an online brokerage, competing with the more traditional agents and brokers. It started in Seattle, but flush with [...]
In a competitive marketplace, differentiating yourself is often a matter of finding new and innovative ways to stand out from the crowd. Television advertising has always been attractive because of its far ranging reach, but up until now it has been financially unfeasible for most small companies.
Spot Runner aims to change that. It makes is [...]
Incorporating many of those on my Real Estate 2.0 Market Leader list, is Time Magazine's Five Web Tips for Home Sellers.
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Beginning this week, I will be posting a series of interviews I conducted recently with representatives of some of the leading Real Estate 2.0 sites. These are the sites that are, in my opinion, doing the most to really push the envelope and transform this industry. I hope this Real Estate 2.0 Market Leader Survey [...]
